People

Doctoral Researchers

Rodney Dyer
dyer in random baja location PhD 2002: Unviversity of Missouri - Saint Louis
MS 1998: University of Missouri - Saint Louis
BS 1996: Western Washington University
AA 1994: Seattle Central Community College
 
rjdyer@vcu.edu
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Ryan Garrick
no image given PhD 2007: La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
BSc (Hons) 2002: La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
 
rcgarrick@vcu.edu
webpage
 
 

Current Students

Stephen Baker
Masters Student, Biology
Thesis: Undefended
 
bakersa@vcu.edu
 
Dan Carr
Carr in field Masters Student, Biology
Thesis: Undefended
 
carrdf@vcu.edu
 
Candace Dillion
Masters Student, Biology
Thesis: Tracking the movement of insect pollinators by genotyping and parentage analysis of single pollen grains via pre-PCR whole genome amplification in flowering dogwood (Cornus florida L.)
 
dillonce@vcu.edu
 
Vicki Gardiakos
MS Biology (Expected 2008)
Thesis: Pollen movement Pollen-mediated gene movement in the flowering dogwood, Cornus florida L.
 
gardiakosva@vcu.edu
 
Catherine Heidrich
MS Biology (Exptected 2008)
Thesis: Who’s your daddy? An investigation of extra-pair copulation in Protonotaria citrea.
 
heidrichce@vcu.edu
 
Crystal Meadows
Undergraduate Research Assistant
BS Forensic Science & BS Biology (Expected 2008)
 
meadowsca@vcu.edu
Rebekha Shaw
MS Environmental Science (Exptected 2008)
Thesis: An Alien Invasion: How the invasive specie, Microstegium viminium effects the germination of midcanopy trees (Cornus florida, and Cercis canadensis) in a disturbed and undisturbed southern pine-oak forest.
 
rjarchibald@vcu.edu
 
Cathy Viverette
PhD Integrative Life Sciences, Thesis: TBD
 
cbvivere@vcu.edu
 
 
 

Previous Students

Stephanie Crouch, MS Masters Degree defended 28 April 2008
Dispersal and population structure of the marbled salamander, Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst)
Vinodhini GowdaUndergraduate Honors Research Assistant, 2008
Matthew SandridgeUndergraduate Independent Research Project, 2008
Sam VrscakUndergraduate Honors Research Assistant, 2007
Anthony DellingerUndergraduate Research Assistant, 2005-2006
Elizabeth GantonUndergraduate Reearch Assistant, 2005
Timothy YuUndergraduate Independent Research Project, 2005
Congruence of language and genetic topologies for putatively native human populations.
Honorable mention Virginia Academy of Science